UFCs lättviktsmästare Conor McGregor har ett enormt följe världen över. Fansided.coms ”Fandom 250” rankar de eller dem som har den största fanskaran och irländaren är nummer ett som topp-atlet i världen. Topp-5-listan ser ut som följer,
1. Ohio State Buckets (från gymnastik till amerikansk fotboll)
2. Game of Thrones (TV-serie)
3. Dwayne ”The Rock” Johnson (skådespelare, pro wrestler)
4. Star Wars (Film)
5. Conor McGregor (UFCs lättviktsmästare)
Fansided.com beskriver McGregor på följande sätt.
Conor McGregor has the best fans of any athlete, not only in the realm of combat sports but sports in general. He is a sporting icon with an entire nation of fans following him to the end of the earth.
That statement is certainly hard to argue, with the brash-talking Irishman shatters pay-per-view records seemingly at will. Just looking at the top five most-bought PPVs in promotional history and you’ll find McGregor-led events taking up four of those spots. Fans open their pocketbooks to watch their favorite fighter compete.
When McGregor fights, his fans fill arenas and cities. If they can’t get a ticket to the fight, fans still come to town just to be a part of the atmosphere. So many McGregor faithful come to his fights, 15,000 people will fill an arena to watch him simply step on a scale. No other fighter can draw such a turnout for such a mundane and routine activity.
